Tribune Tower was built as part of a competition to create the most beautiful building in the world. But no pressure, right? MostBeautifulWTTW
created the competition to design its new headquarters. New York architects John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood had the winning design, neo-Gothic in style and featuring flying buttresses at the top of the building like the ones on medieval churches. The resulting cathedral-like appearance gives the impression of a kind of house of worship. In 2021, the building was converted into condos, but it still pays homage to journalism.
The condo developers preserved and restored the building's lobby, with its inscriptions honoring freedom of the press and freedom of speech, and a huge relief map supposedly made of decommissioned U.S. paper money showing the geographical extent of thecoverage.
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